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Editor’s note: A four-way race for president of the Southern Baptist Convention is generating keen interest in the upcoming annual meeting in Nashville. Church leaders from across the country – by some estimates the largest number in decades – are expected to show up for the meeting June 15-16 to elect the next president. The […]
Martin Daymond Young was buried in his hometown in Kentucky nearly 80 years after he died at Pearl Harbor By Diana Chandler LEWISPORT, Ky. (BP) – Joyce Phillips Nall still has the grass skirt her Uncle Daymond sent from Hawaii 80 years ago when he was stationed on the USS Oklahoma. “Tried it on and […]
Doug and Greta McCart are praising the Lord for seeing them safely through a tornado with winds estimated at 175 mph. By Roger Alford NEWNAN, Ga. – Pastor Doug McCart, who survived a potentially deadly EF-4 tornado while sitting at the foot of a cross with his wife Greta in late March, is still finding […]
A group of hikers look at a photo they had taken after praying together in the north Georgia mountains. They are, from left, Charles Jones of Athens, Ga.; Denise and Vernon Masters of Cook Springs, Ala.; David Tolbert of Athens, Ga., and Archie McCook of Commerce, Ga. By Roger Alford SUCHES, Ga. – The expression […]
Chris Alexander came from Tennessee to follow legendary pastor Tommy Jordan as pastor of Chestnut Grove Baptist Church in Grayson. By J. Gerald Harris GRAYSON – Chris Alexander, who is about to begin his third year as pastor of Chestnut Grove Baptist Church in Grayson, is the kind of man you know you will like […]
Russell Moore is leaving the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission for a position with Christianity Today. By George Schroeder, Baptist Press NASHVILLE (BP) – Russell Moore is leaving the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, ending an occasionally controversial eight-year tenure, to take a role with Christianity Today. Moore, who has served as president of […]
Thomas Hammond addresses messengers to last year’s Georgia Baptist Convention annual meeting. By Roger Alford DULUTH – Millions of dollars from the pending sale of the Georgia Baptist Mission and Ministry Center will be set aside in an endowment for strengthening churches, encouraging pastors and pushing back lostness in Georgia and around the world. Messengers […]
Johnny Foster and his wife, Judy, pose to promote Vacation Bible School. MARIETTA – Johnny Foster, pastor of East Cobb Baptist Church, was called to be the shepherd of God’s flock on Shallowford Road in Marietta when it was classified as a bi-vocational ministry. East Cobb is now a thriving fellowship operating under the banner […]
A crowd gathers for a baptismal service at a lake in Guatemala where First Baptist Church of Villa Rica planted a church. By Roger Alford VILLA RICA – Southern Baptist leaders from across Central America will come together next week with a group of Georgia Baptists for a summit aimed at getting more Peach State […]
Governor Brian Kemp leads a National Day of Prayer service at the Capitol in Atlanta. Photo by Elizabeth Reed/Georgia Life Alliance. By Diana Chandler WASHINGTON (BP) – Millions of Americans petitioned God for the health and care of America as the nation marked the 70th anniversary of the National Day of Prayer on Thursday (May 6), […]
SPECIAL/Friendship Sports Association ATLANTA – On Sunday, May 2, Dr. Anthony George, pastor of Atlanta’s First Baptist Church informed the congregation that fellow church member, Stan Cottrell, a much-heralded long-distance runner, would begin his next run across the United States on his 78th birthday, May 7. For Cottrell, who has logged more than 260,000 miles […]
ATLANTA – Georgians will gather in person and online in communities across the state on Thursday for National Day of Prayer events. Mike Griffin, the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s public affairs representative, said the prayer gatherings are crucial because, “for the most part, every problem our country and our state faces is at its root […]